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One who runs a German out (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manager

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'one who runs' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'a german out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'a'+'german'='agerman'
'agerman' anagrammed gives 'MANAGER'.

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(Other definitions for manager that I've seen before include "Supervisor" , "suit?" , "One running a shop, industry etc" , "Person in charge of staff" , "Ran game (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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